Late Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, was on Monday guest of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon in Ikoyi area of Lagos State following a petition against him filed by Oba Saheed Elegushi.
Elegushi, according to head of the Aloba legal team, Monisola Odumosu, in a statement on Tuesday, in the said petition, accused the late singer’s father of defamation, cyberbullying and cyberstalking him.
In the account of what transpired, Odumosu wrote: “Mr Aloba was invited by the police and led to the police station by the representatives of his legal team, Teri Wellington and Monisola Odumosu. The petition was written by Oba Saheed Elegushi who alleged that during one of Mr. Aloba’s interviews with a London-based blogger, he was criminally defamed.
“During the interview Mr. Aloba granted the London-based blogger, it was alleged that he said, ‘… his son was bullied and killed on the instruction of Oba Elegushi and that it was one Sam Larry that was sent to do the job.”
Continued: “In fairness to Oba Elegushi, he only demanded the retraction of the defaming statements made by Mr Aloba on social media.
“Mr. Aloba was never arrested or detained. He was granted bail without stress. It is important to note that Mr. Aloba is still grieving the death of his son. He just lost a single star in the family firmament.
“Any grieving parent may on the spur of the moment make statements that may tend to be unreasonable. We only need to understand the geographical circumstances giving rise to his utterances.”
